Podcast Episodes

A Tent is Not a Home

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Riwaa Abuquta is a young woman from Rafah city whose life has been shaped by displacement, loss, and the …

6 months, 1 week ago

2025, So How Was It For You?

Season 1 Episode 1540

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It's that time of year again where we sit and reflect on the year gone by and talk optimistically about o…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Ditch 2025 Review

Season 1 Episode 1538

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack From Housing Tzar’s to Children’s Health Ireland and on to Israeli military equipment, The Ditch has had …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump, the EU and a Vision for Ireland

Season 1 Episode 1535

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Listener favourite, US-Based Irish-Russian Prof of Economics, Constantin Gurdgiev is back to wrap 2025 an…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Cambodia on the Brink

Season 1 Episode 1541

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Cambodia was already one of the most disadvantaged places in the world long before the latest escalation …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Palestinian Phoenix

Ali Al Omari is a Palestinian-Philippino artist and architecture graduate, who holds a masters degree from the Victoria University of Wellington. His…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s a Bad Dose – Flu Season

Season 1 Episode 1539

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Dr Niall Conroy is Adjunct Professor of Public Health in UCC, but you’ll remember him as the fella who ha…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

A New Ireland – The Unity Opportunity

Season 1 Episode 1536

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this echo chamber podcast, I’m joined by Prof of Human Rights and Law at QUB, Colin Harvey, to talk ab…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Gaza Floods as the Genocide Continues

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast, Yousef talks with Tony about the most recent events in Gaza, including the devastating f…

7 months ago

Derelict Ireland – Awareness is Not Enough

Season 1 Episode 1532

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Jude Sherry and Frank O'Connor are the driving forces behind the #DerelictIreland movement. They’ve been …

7 months ago